Changes in Employment Networks among Undocumented Mexican Migrants in Chicago.

Villar, Maria de Lourdes

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ERIC Number: EJ468050

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Publication Date: 1992

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Changes in Employment Networks among Undocumented Mexican Migrants in Chicago.

Villar, Maria de Lourdes

Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development, v21 n4 p385-97 Win 1992

Examines the development of employment networks among undocumented Mexican migrants in Chicago (Illinois). The ethnographic study of about 100 immigrants indicates that kinship networks have lost importance for migrants seeking employment in Chicago. Presumptive causes for these changes and consequences for the average migrant are discussed. (SLD)

Descriptors: Economic Factors, Employment Patterns, Ethnography, Etiology, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Structure, Kinship, Labor Market, Minority Groups, Social Change, Social Networks, Sociocultural Patterns, Undocumented Immigrants, Urban Areas

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Illinois (Chicago)

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